Having taunted each other in the build-up to November’s return fixture in the Nations League, Lovren was captured on an Instagram live video goading the Spanish after the game, which Croatia won 3-2, and suggesting he had elbowed Ramos on purpose.

That was enough to attract a charge of “insulting” behaviour from UEFA’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body and on Friday the 29-year-old received a one-game ban “for the next UEFA national team competition for which he would be otherwise eligible”.

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool lands awkwardly on his shoulder after a collision with Sergio Ramos (Image: Michael Regan/Getty Images)

That decision was among several others announced by UEFA, with Croatia’s FA also fined £11,740 because of objects thrown by their fans and a failure to keep stairways at the stadium clear.

There were similar sanctions for poor crowd behaviour in European club games in November and December for AC Milan, Ajax, BATE Borisov, Bayern Munich, PAOK, Paris St Germain, Red Star Belgrade, Spartak Moscow and Villarreal.